May 2012

Date: Thursday, May 24, 2012
Type: Seminar
Event Title: Differential signaling roles of lipolytic products in brown and white fat: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Department: Nutrition and Metabolism
Time: 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: MDCL 3024

Speaker: Emilio Mottillo, Ph.D. Candidate

Description: Emilio’s work involves detecting how a fat cell receptor increases metabolism to promote fat burning. Understanding this relationship could result in novel treatments that promote weight loss.

Who Should Attend: Everyone

Sponsoring Agency: CON-SNP at McMaster

URL: CONMAC@mcmaster.ca

Contact Name: Rebecca Jeffery
Phone Number: 289-260-4738
E-mail: rjeffer@mcmaster.ca

Date: Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Type: Lecture
Event Title: Diet and Health: A progress report
Department: Medicine/Epidemiology
Time: 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Location: David Braley Cardiovascular Stroke Research Institute

Speaker: Professor Walter Willett

Description: Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition and Chairman of the Department of Nutrition at Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Willett has focused much of his work over the last 30 years on the development of methods, using both questionnaire and biochemical approaches, to study the effects of diet on the occurrence of major diseases.

Who Should Attend: Faculty, Health Professionals and students interested in nutrition

Sponsoring Agency: Population Health Research Institute

Registration: No registration is required

Contact Name: Alexia Mars
Phone Number: 905-527-4322 Ext. 40319
E-mail: alexia.mars@phri.ca

June 2012

Date: Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Type: Lecture
Event Title: Dermatological Skin Care Treatments for Scleroderma, Raynaud's, Lupus Erythematosus & Mixed Connective Tissue Disease
Department: Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology
Time: 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Location: The Miller Amphitheatre in the Juravinski Innovation Tower, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton (Hospital), 50 Charlton Avenue East, Hamilton, L8N 4A6

Speaker: Dr. Kevin C. Smith, MD, FRCPC (Niagara Falls Dermatology & Skin Care Center).

Description: Simple, safe and inexpensive dermatological treatments (i.e. BOTOX® for Raynaud's, laser for telangiectasia on the face, fillers and/or fractional ablative laser around the mouth) for patients with connective tissue disease.

As one of Canada’s leading Dermatologic Surgeons, Dr. Smith has been practicing in the Niagara Region since 1988.  He is co-author of the book chapter, “Botulinum toxin type A (BoNT-A) treatment for Raynaud’s and other novel dermatologic therapeutic applications” (by Irèn Kossintseva, Benjamin Barankin, & Kevin C. Smith in: BOTULINUM TOXINS IN CLINICAL AESTHETIC PRACTICE, 2nd Ed., Edited by A. V. Benedetto, Dec 2010).

Who Should Attend: Patients, medical students and practicing physicians are welcome to attend!

Sponsoring Agency: This educational event is being sponsored by Allergan Inc.

Registration: Registration for this event is FREE!  RSVP Susan Docherty-Skippen (dochers@mcmaster.ca) by June 15th.

Contact Name: Susan Docherty-Skippen
Phone Number: 905 521 9567
E-mail: dochers@mcmaster.ca